Water is received from local rainfall or the Paroo River.

Planned migration is well suited to the capricious pattern of local rainfall in East Africa.

We have seen (p. 84) that wildebeest follow, in their migration, the capricious pattern of local rainfall.

As such, it is subject to considerable fluctuations due to local rainfall and snowmelt conditions, and may even dry up completely.

Officials say it would take a heavy local rainfall to raise the river levels here.

These differences could have numerous causes, from local rainfall to variability in the drought-tolerance of an area's predominant crop.

Agriculture is dependent on the significant local rainfall and from tube wells.

This area near the boundary gets flooded during the rainy season mainly by the water brought by these rivers and local rainfall.

What are your local rainfall patterns and how do they compare to other parts of the country?

Variations in local rainfall create three major geographical zones.